Indigenous African Architecture

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Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1974 - Dwellings - 248 pages

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Walls and Roofs of Straw
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PresentDay LakeDwellings
45
Matakam Farms
63
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Indigenous African Architecture
René Gardi
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African Agades Aïr Mountains altars ancestors animals architecture beautiful Bilma Birni Bobo brick built Cameroon Cameroon grasslands castles chicken clay color compound courtyard Dahomey decoration Djenne Dogon Dogon villages Dokuy Dosso dry season entrance façade Fachi farm feet Fulbe Ganvié Ginna granaries grass roof Gurunsi Hausa inhabitants interior Islam island Ivory Coast jars Kantche karité Katiénété kilometers Kirdi kitchen Korhogo lake-dwelling living quarters Mali Mandara Mountains mason Matakam mats meters millet straw Monsieur Mopti mosque Muktele Musgum neighboring Niamey Niger Lake Chad Niger NIGER Niger Republic nomadic north Cameroon northern oracle ornament peasant Peulh photograph pirogue planted plaster rain rainy season rectangular rice roof terraces round houses sacrifice Sahara Senufo sgraffiti Somba Sonhrai sort square stones storage towers storehouses Sudan tent town Tuaregs Upper Upper Volta usually walls women wooden woven Zinder

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TitleIndigenous African Architecture
AuthorRené Gardi
Editionillustrated
PublisherVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1974
Original fromIndiana University
DigitizedAug 13, 2009
ISBN0442225741, 9780442225742
Length248 pages
  
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